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Jun 25, 2012 8:01 AM

I've seen a couple of threads recently on RSS feeds; they dont look entirely answered, and the answers given are not helping me.

Bob mentioned in CS6 you just copy/paste the html onto the page (which worked for a twitter widget) but these RSS url do nothing:

 

feed://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&pagetemplate=rss

 

or

 

feed://alert5.com/feed/

 

I have 4 feeds like this that my client wants to use, any ideas?

Cheers

Alistair

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  • Bob Levine
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    1. Bob Levine,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:11 AM   in reply to mobly
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    IMO, the easiest and most reliable way to do this is to actually put the feeds on a real web page and link to that.

     

     

     

    Avoids the problem that we had with Twitter feeds for a while where they had to be on a web page. Looks like that’s gotten straightened out.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • mobly
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    2. mobly,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:28 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Thanks Bob, but not sure I follow. the feeds are on real web sites, Ive tried creating a web view with "feed://boeing.mediaroom.com/index.php?s=43&pagetemplate=rss"

    attached to it for example, but just get a blank area.

    It seems to be the same for all or any of the feeds I have been given.

     

    P.S the twitter widget does seem to be working again!

     

    cheers

    Alistair

     
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  • Tristan @ The Saints
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    3. Tristan @ The Saints,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:34 AM   in reply to mobly
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    Hi Alistair,

     

    RSS feeds are part of our custom storefront solution. Besides RSS feeds, we offer advanced social sharing features, video integration and many more. If you would like to, I can give you a presentation over Skype.

     

    Best regards,

     

    Tristan van Doorn

     
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  • Bob Levine
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    4. Bob Levine,
    Jun 25, 2012 8:38 AM   in reply to mobly
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    I mean put the feed on a page on your website. Set the page up with the proper dimensions such 250px x 350px and then create a 250x350 frame on the page. Link to that webpage (ex: www.mysite.com/rssfeed.html)

     

     

     

    Try this service: http://rssfeedreader.com/

     

     

     

    Any one feed/site is free so you can experiment and see if it does what you need. It’s really simple. Just specify the fee you want and copy/paste a little code to a web page. You can even customize the CSS to make it look really nice.

     

     

     

    And no, I have no connection in any way to that site.

     

     

     

    Bob

     
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  • mobly
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    5. mobly,
    Jun 25, 2012 9:21 AM   in reply to Bob Levine
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    Thanks Guys, I'll look into the rssfeedreader, cheers Bob.

     
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